Training

Introduction to Kubernetes (free!)

Is your team beginning to use Kubernetes for container orchestration? Do you need guidelines on how to start transforming your organization with Kubernetes and cloud native patterns? Would you like to simplify software container orchestration and find a way to grow your use of Kubernetes without adding infrastructure complexity? Then this is the course for you!

In this edX course, we’ll discuss some of Kubernetes’ basic concepts and talk about the architecture of the system, the problems it solves, and the model that it uses to handle containerized deployments and scaling.

Difficulty: Beginner

Length: 4-5 weeks, 2-3 hours/week

Who It’s For: Developers and system administrators who want to get started with Kubernetes.

Kubernetes Fundamentals

So you’ve heard of Kubernetes but have no idea what it is or how it works? Then this is the course for you. It will take you from zero to knowing how to deploy a containerized application and manipulate resources via the API.

Kubernetes for Developers

This course will teach you how to containerize, host, deploy, and configure an application in a multi-node cluster. Starting with a simple Python script, you will define application resources and use core primitives to build, monitors and troubleshoot scalable applications in Kubernetes. Working with network plugins, security and cloud storage, you will be exposed to many of the features needed to deploy an application in a production environment.

In this course you’ll learn how to:

Containerize and deploy a new Python script

Configure the deployment with ConfigMaps, Secrets and SecurityContexts

Understand multi-container pod design

Configure probes for pod health

Update and roll back an application

Implement services and NetworkPolicies

Use PersistentVolumeClaims for state persistence

And more!

This course is designed to be vendor- and distribution-neutral, so you will be able to apply these concepts universally.

Kubernetes Training Partners (KTP) Details

Of these Kubernetes training offerings, we recognize a select group of Kubernetes Training Partners. This is a tier of vetted training providers who have deep experience in cloud native technology training. The requirements for becoming a KTP are as follows:

Ability to demonstrate your training capabilities by meeting strict benchmarks for experience and quality, including the ability to provide references from students who have completed your training courses and from major organizations that have used your training services.

Are an existing KCSP, including deep knowledge of Kubernetes and involvement in the community.

Have a landing page that includes information on your Kubernetes training offering.

Individuals or corporations who are looking for specialized training that maps directly to the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) and Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exams can choose from a list of KTPs who have passed this highly-rigorous qualification process.

If you are interested in creating your own Kubernetes training courses, CNCF has open sourced the curriculum around which that exam has been created for the benefit of companies offering training.

If you don’t want to build you own course from scratch, the instructor-led version of Kubernetes Fundamentals (LFS458) is already available and as an Authorized Training Partner, you are able to re-sell it. LFS458 is updated for each Kubernetes release and already maps directly to the CKA exam.